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A review by polywogg
Dance for the Dead by Thomas Perry
4.0
BOTTOM-LINE:
A good second book, premise is still great
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PLOT OR PREMISE:
Jane Whitefield is back and trying to guide an 8-year-old boy with an inheritance and a 30-year-old woman with stolen bank money to a safe haven.
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WHAT I LIKED:
The methodology for how Jane helps everyone is quite good, and reads both simple and plausible, a veneer of realism that sells the stories. The explanations for both cases are relatively clear, you understand the motives and why someone is coming after the two of them. Most of the story is a cat and mouse world, and it works well.
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WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:
The two stories seem unconnected at the beginning but it blindlingly obvious they will eventually connect, even if it is a connection told in reverse (i.e. if you know the connection in advance, you can write two separate stores to get there), but it seems coincidental rather than natural. There are also two really long expositions, one at the beginning for the kid's back story and one in the middle for hers. Finally, there is some romance that comes out of nowhere for the character, particularly as you have been in her head for sometime and then it's like, "Cue the romance scene with guy she knows but we don't.".
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DISCLOSURE:
I received no compensation, not even a free copy, in exchange for this review. I am not personal friends with the author, nor do I follow him / her on social media.
A good second book, premise is still great
.
PLOT OR PREMISE:
Jane Whitefield is back and trying to guide an 8-year-old boy with an inheritance and a 30-year-old woman with stolen bank money to a safe haven.
.
WHAT I LIKED:
The methodology for how Jane helps everyone is quite good, and reads both simple and plausible, a veneer of realism that sells the stories. The explanations for both cases are relatively clear, you understand the motives and why someone is coming after the two of them. Most of the story is a cat and mouse world, and it works well.
.
WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:
The two stories seem unconnected at the beginning but it blindlingly obvious they will eventually connect, even if it is a connection told in reverse (i.e. if you know the connection in advance, you can write two separate stores to get there), but it seems coincidental rather than natural. There are also two really long expositions, one at the beginning for the kid's back story and one in the middle for hers. Finally, there is some romance that comes out of nowhere for the character, particularly as you have been in her head for sometime and then it's like, "Cue the romance scene with guy she knows but we don't.".
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DISCLOSURE:
I received no compensation, not even a free copy, in exchange for this review. I am not personal friends with the author, nor do I follow him / her on social media.